31 March 2013

There is an extremely dangerous trend to remove proper judicial review
from cases involving alleged copyright infringement. Sometimes that
means "voluntary" actions by ISPs -- the SOPA and ACTA approach.
Sometimes, it means appearances before tribunals by members of the
public without adequate legal representation,
as is happening under New Zealand's "three strikes" law. And sometimes
it might involve a judge, but consist of the latter simply agreeing to
requests from the copyright industry, without anyone challenging the
grounds for doing so.

About Me

I have been a technology journalist and consultant for 30 years, covering
the Internet since March 1994, and the free software world since 1995.

One early feature I wrote was for Wired in 1997:
The Greatest OS that (N)ever Was.
My most recent books are Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, and Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine and Business.